This famous writer's tombstone is a literary pilgrimage site that was publicly defiled by a rival.

A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

This Gothic church houses ornate royal tombs and a magnificent gilded altarpiece.

According to tradition, King Phillip II supervised construction of the seat of his empire from this seat carved into rock.

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

Little India's hidden gem of kindness and good food.

Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

A 360 degree battlefield experience.

A small and surprising passageway in Saint Petersburg devoted to the Beatles.

Mostly underground in the old days Back in the USSR, today the Beatles beckon to tourists from a wall sculpture out in the open in central Russia.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.